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Gig Work and Gig Workers in India: A Comprehensive Integrative Review and Framework
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1 Associate Professor Sree Narayana Arts and Science College, Kumarakom, Kerala, India. 2 Student, Master of Social work, Inter University Centre for Disability Studies (IUCDS), Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. 3 Research Scholar, School of Management and Business Studies, Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam, Kerala, India. 4 Research Scholar, School of Gandhian Thought and Development Studies, Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam, Kerala, India. 5 Assistant Professor, School of Management and Business Studies, Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam, Kerala, India.
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- Volume 5, Issue 6 (2025)
- Published Online
- November-December 2025
- Pages
- 138-143
- Article Type
- Original Article
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women's empowerment programs in emerging economies. Unpublished Manuscript.
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well-being and employee productivity in the finance and banking sector: A comprehensive study. Unpublished Manuscript.
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Behavior, 45(2), 183-208. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2775
elderly in Kerala. Mental Health, 67, 25-31.
[2] Anoop, P. S., & Biju, M. K. (2022). Impact of ICT in rural financial wellbeing through farming tourism. In Reimagining business
education and industry in 2030 (pp. 93-105).
[3] Anoop, P. S., & Biju, M. K. (2025). Sustainable financial behavior and its determinants from an individual's perspective: A literature
synthesis. International Journal of Research in Engineering and Applied Management, 10(12), 1-15.
[4] Anoop, P. S., & Keerthy, T. R. (2024). Widening disparities among powerful and powerless: A comparative study between tribals and
general community. Unpublished Manuscript.
[5] Anoop, P. S., Biju, M. K., Sujith, P. S., & Keerthy, T. R. (2025). Enhancing cardamom price forecasting: Integration of XGBoost model
for a robust ensemble model. South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics, 22(10), 181-197.
[6] Anoop, P. S., Abraham, A., Saseendran, A. K., Johnson, R. M., & Biju, M. K. (2025). The impact of artificial intelligence on job
displacement and skill requirements: A study of the manufacturing sector. Unpublished Manuscript.
[7] Bajwa, U., Gastaldo, D., Di Ruggiero, E., & Knorr, L. (2018). The health of workers in the global gig economy. Globalization and Health,
14(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-018-0444-8
[8] Berg, J., Furrer, M., Harmon, E., Rani, U., & Silberman, M. (2018). Digital labour platforms and the future of work. International Labour
Organization.
[9] Blau, P. M. (1964). Exchange and power in social life. Wiley.
[10] International Labour Organization. (2021). World employment and social outlook 2021: The role of digital labour platforms in
transforming the world of work. ILO.
[11] Johnson, R. M., Saseendran, A. K., Abraham, A., Anoop, P. S., & Biju, M. K. (2025). Who is left behind? Intersectional barriers in
women's empowerment programs in emerging economies. Unpublished Manuscript.
[12] Kalleberg, A. L. (2018). Precarious lives: Job insecurity and well-being in rich democracies. Polity Press.[13] Rani, U., & Furrer, M. (2021). Digital labour platforms and new forms of flexible work in developing countries. International Labour
Review, 160(1), 33-59. https://doi.org/10.1111/ilr.12197
[14] Ravenelle, A. J. (2019). Hustle and gig: Struggling and surviving in the sharing economy. University of California Press.
[15] Rosenblat, A., & Stark, L. (2016). Algorithmic labor and information asymmetries. International Journal of Communication, 10, 3758-
3784.
[16] Saseendran, A. K., Johnson, R. M., Anoop, P. S., Abraham, A., & Biju, M. K. (2025). The impact of workplace flexibility on financial
well-being and employee productivity in the finance and banking sector: A comprehensive study. Unpublished Manuscript.
[17] Wu, D., & Huang, J. L. (2024). Gig work and gig workers: An integrative review and agenda for future research. Journal of Organizational
Behavior, 45(2), 183-208. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2775
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